Latest Nasem Podcast Episodes
Recap: The Vital Role of Advocacy in Supporting People Living with Dementia
Elevate Eldercare - December 18, 2020 05:00 - 22 minutesIn this week’s episode, Susan talked with good friend, fellow nurse Anne Ellett. Anne is a certified nurse practitioner and founder of Memory Care Support, where she provides private consultation to individual families seeking the best in care for their loved ones living with dementia. In this...
The Vital Role of Advocacy in Supporting People Living with Dementia
Elevate Eldercare - December 16, 2020 05:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode, Susan Ryan sits down with her good friend and fellow nurse, Anne Ellett, a certified nurse practitioner and founder of Memory Care Support, a company that provides private consultation to individual families seeking the best in care for their loved ones living with dementia. P...
Recap: COVID-19, Dementia, and the Importance of Social Connections
Elevate Eldercare - December 11, 2020 05:00 - 25 minutesIn this week’s episode, Al Power sits down again with Susan Ryan. Al is an internationally recognized dementia expert whose books, Dementia Beyond Drugs and Dementia Beyond Disease, are must reads for anyone supporting people living with dementia. His astute insights and expertise provide a voic...
COVID-19, Dementia, and the Importance of Social Connections
Elevate Eldercare - December 09, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutesIn this week’s episode, Al Power sits down again with Susan Ryan. Al is an internationally recognized dementia expert whose books, Dementia Beyond Drugs and Dementia Beyond Disease, are must reads for anyone supporting people living with dementia. His astute insights and expertise provide a voic...
Recap: Ibasho & Elder-Led Design
Elevate Eldercare - December 04, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutesThe essential theme of this recap episode is “Rethinking our Approaches and our Mindset.” Marla and Mary review the 37th episode of Elevate Eldercare with Susan Ryan and her good friend, Dr. Emi Kiyota. Emi is an environmental gerontologist and organizational culture change specialist. She is ...
Ibasho & Elder-Led Design
Elevate Eldercare - December 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourIn today’s episode, Susan Ryan engages her good friend, Dr. Emi Kiyota, an internationally recognized thought leader on issues relating to healthy aging, in a conversation about the importance of multi-generational design, the value of reciprocity, and creating opportunities for elders to give b...
Recap: Living with Early-Onset Dementia: A Story of Courage and Hope
Elevate Eldercare - November 27, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutesIn this recap, Marla and Mary discuss the 35th episode of Elevate Eldercare where Susan Ryan sits down with her good friend and colleague, Mike Belleville. After a career in telecommunications and as a member of the Rhode Island National Guard for over a decade, Mike was diagnosed with early ons...
Living with Early-Onset Dementia: A Story of Courage and Hope
Elevate Eldercare - November 25, 2020 05:00 - 57 minutesSusan Ryan sits down with her good friend and colleague, Mike Belleville. After a career in telecommunications and as a member of the Rhode Island National Guard for over a decade, Mike was diagnosed with early onset dementia. While devastating, Mike has not let the diagnosis define him. He cu...
Recap: The Importance of Design & Architecture in Senior Living Environments
Elevate Eldercare - November 20, 2020 05:00 - 25 minutesMarla and Mary recap this week’s episode where Susan Ryan sat down with two architects from Perkins Eastman (PE), David Hoglund and Martin Siefering. David is a principal and executive director of PE, providing leadership for the firm’s global senior living practice. Martin, also a principal and...
The Importance of Design & Architecture in Senior Living Environments
Elevate Eldercare - November 18, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutesSusan Ryan sits down with two architects, David Hoglund and Martin Siefering, from global architecture firm Perkins Eastman. David and Martin are co-leaders of the firm’s senior living practice. Both are passionate about planning and designing compassionate and forward-thinking care for our elde...
Recap: Opportunities & Disruptive Moments
Elevate Eldercare - November 13, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutesRobert Kramer, president & founder of Nexus Insights, is the focus of this recap with Mary and Marla. He spoke with Susan Ryan about something he knows very well: the seniors housing industry. Kramer, who founded the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) and now serves a...
Opportunities & Disruptive Moments
Elevate Eldercare - November 11, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourRobert Kramer, president & founder of Nexus Insights, speaks with Susan Ryan about something Kramer knows very well: the seniors housing industry. Kramer, who founded the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) and now serves as its strategic advisor, has lots to say about ...
Recap: Palliative Care and the Pandemic
Elevate Eldercare - November 06, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutesIn this recap, Marla and Mary discuss the 30th episode of Elevate Eldercare with Diane Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, a national organization devoted to increasing access to quality health care in the US for people living with serious illness. While every podcast...
Palliative Care and the Pandemic: A Conversation with Dr. Diane Meier
Elevate Eldercare - November 04, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutesIn today’s episode, Susan Ryan talks with Diane Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), a national organization devoted to increasing access to quality health care in the U.S. for people living with serious illnesses. Under her leadership the number of palliative car...
Recap: Elderhood, Ageism, and COVID
Elevate Eldercare - October 30, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutesIn this recap, Marla and Mary discuss the 27th episode of Elevate Eldercare with Louise Aronson, MD, a geriatrician, educator, and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she directs UCSF Health Humanities. Dr. Aronson is also an author, and has just recent...
Louise Aronson on Elderhood, Ageism, and COVID
Elevate Eldercare - October 28, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourIn today’s episode, Susan Ryan talks with Louise Aronson, MD, a geriatrician, educator, and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she directs UCSF Health Humanities. A graduate of Harvard Medical School and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson Colleg...
Recap: Consumer Voices in Long-Term Care
Elevate Eldercare - October 23, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutesThis week’s recap with Marla and Mary takes you on a fast history lesson about congressional legislation for long-term care. You will also learn about the Ombudsman Program and Marla’s work as an advocate for elders. This episode centers on Lori Smetanka, executive director of the National Con...
Consumer Voices in Long-Term Care
Elevate Eldercare - October 21, 2020 04:00 - 50 minutesThis week, Susan Ryan sits down with Lori Smetanka, executive director of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, the leading national nonprofit advocacy organization representing consumers receiving long-term care in nursing homes, assisted living communities, and home and commu...
Recap: Innovation, Technology, and Aging
Elevate Eldercare - October 16, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes“Technology empowers, technology engages, and it is an enabler”, says Sheri Rose, the CEO and executive director of the Thrive Center, a non-profit innovation center focused on wellness and aging located in Louisville, Ky. What do think about virtual reality for pain? What about an app for you...
Innovation, Technology, and Aging
Elevate Eldercare - October 14, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutesSheri Rose is the CEO and executive director of the Thrive Center, a non-profit innovation center focused on wellness and aging located in Louisville, Ky. She was named by Louisville Business First as “Top 20 People to Know in Aging” and was recognized by HealthTech Magazine as one of three ...
Recap: New York City, COVID-19, and the Future of Aging Services
Elevate Eldercare - October 09, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutesThe early epicenter of COVID-19 was New York City and it was hit hard. In this recap of episode #21 with Dr. Jeffrey Farber, Marla and I unpack how the leader of The New Jewish Home in New York City took on the enormous challenges of COVID-19. Dr. Farber, president and CEO of The New Jewis...
New York City, COVID-19, and the Future of Aging Services
Elevate Eldercare - October 07, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutesSusan Ryan sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Farber, president and CEO of The New Jewish Home in New York City, a health system for older adults that serves more than 10,000 clients annually through a diverse portfolio of services that includes short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing, ...
Recap: Eldercare & COVID from a Global Perspective
Elevate Eldercare - October 02, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutesIn this week’s recap, Mary and I talk about Susan Ryan’s conversation with Walter Coffey and David Sprowl, managing partners of an international consulting business. These two leaders in senior living departed a great deal of knowledge and wisdom about leadership, opportunities, and relationsh...
Eldercare & COVID from a Global Perspective
Elevate Eldercare - September 30, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSusan Ryan sits down with Walter Coffey and David Sprowl, managing partners of an international consulting business. Walter was formerly the CEO of LeadingAge Georgia and the Georgia Institute on Aging for 18 years and well known for his efforts in the eldercare culture change movement. Da...
Recap: Dementia & COVID-19: Two Leaders Who are Making a Difference
Elevate Eldercare - September 25, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutesIn this recap, Marla and I take a deeper dive into the 17th episode of Elevate Eldercare with Dr. Jennifer Carson, the director of the Dementia Engagement, Education and Research Program at the School of Community Health Sciences at University of Nevada, Reno, and Dr. Al Power, an internist...
Dementia & COVID-19: Two Leaders Who are Making a Difference
Elevate Eldercare - September 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourSusan Ryan sits down with Dr. Jennifer Carson, the director of the Dementia Engagement, Education and Research Program at the School of Community Health Sciences at University of Nevada, Reno, and Dr. Al Power is an internist, geriatrician, and Schlegel Chair in Aging and Dementia Innovation...
Recap: COVID and Small Homes – A Good Story to Tell
Elevate Eldercare - September 18, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutesIn this recap, Mary and Marla examine the 15th episode of Elevate Eldercare with Jill Wilson and John Ponthie, two senior living providers that operate more small-house/Green House homes under their organizational umbrellas than any other Green House provider. Mary and Marla discuss how ea...
Leadership, COVID, & the Small House Model
Elevate Eldercare - September 16, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutesSusan Ryan sits down with Jill Wilson and John Ponthie, two senior living providers that operate more small house/Green House homes under their organizational umbrellas than anyone anywhere. Jill Wilson is president and CEO of Otterbein Senior Life, a faith-based not-for-profit ministry ba...
Recap: Tackling COVID and a Broken System
Elevate Eldercare - September 11, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutesIn this recap, Mary and Marla examine the 13 th episode of Elevate Eldercare with David Grabowski, PhD, professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School. With the focus of Dr. Grabowski’s discussion with Susan Ryan on COVID-19 and the impact it has had on nursing homes, Mary and Marla ...
Avoidable: David Grabowski’s Take on the Pandemic’s Impact on Nursing Homes
Elevate Eldercare - September 09, 2020 04:00 - 56 minutesSusan Ryan sits down with David Grabowski, PhD, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. As a longtime researcher in the long-term care field, Dr. Grabowski has dedicated his career to shaping policy and making a difference in the lives of elders. Recently, he was part of ...
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